Lantern-bracket and flag-holder.



S. L. JOINER. LANTERN BRACKET AND FLAG HOLDER. APPLICATION Hum APR. 14.1911 1 45,749. Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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Specification 'of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 152 ,1917.

' Application filed April 14, 1917. s riai no. 162,067..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER L. Joi1\ nR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Monroe, in Ouachita parish and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern-Bracket andFlag Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in lantern bracket and flagholders and is designed especially for the use of railways in holdinglanterns and signal flags on the rear of trains, or at other pointswhere such si als should be displayed.

ractically all roads are at present using a bracket for holding thelantern which bracket slips into a holder secured to the sides ofpassenger cars and freight cabooses, these holders being so placed thatthey can be readily reached from the platform, and there are usuallyfour to each car. An objection to these holders is that at present theweight of the bracket is the only means for holding it in position, andit is liable to be jarred out of position, stoppage of the car.

My invention improves this present form by providing means forpositively locking the bracket in the holder and to also aid in wedgingthe flag stick in so that it will not be liable to become loosened bywind.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the bracket and holder.

Fig.2 is a plan view of the holder with bracket removed.

Fig. 3 is, a vertical section through the holder and locking pin, thebracket being in section.

Fig. 4-. is a section at right angles to Fig. 3.

In the drawings 1 designates a bracket having a shank portion 2 providedwith a slot 3 and a wedge shaped flange l carried at the outer-end ofthe shank. The bracket holder comprises a plate 5 having a verticalundercut groove or channel 6 to the lower portion of which is connecteda vertical, slightly tapering sleeve 7.

In one side wall of the sleeve is formed a pin receiving opening 8 andin the opposite wall a threaded opening 9, of greater diameter than theopening 8.

especially on sudden A sleeve 10 open at its inner end is threaded intothe opening 9 and contains a spring 11. A pin 12 passes through asuitable perforation in the outer closed end of the sleeve 10 and isprovided with acap 13 on its outer end and with a.collar l l which worksin the sleeve 10. The spring 11 bears at one end on-the end of thesleeve 10 and at the other end on the collar 14.

In use the pin is drawn outwardly by means of the cap 13 and the bracketfitted 1nto place the flange 4 entering the groove or. channel 6. Thepin is then released and passes through the slot 3 of the shank and intothe opening 8 of the sleeve 7, thereby preventing removal of the bracketfrom the holder without first drawing the pin outwardly.

The sleeve 7 also is adapted to receive and hold the flag stick, saidstick being notched as indicated at 15, and when inserted it straddlesthe pin and is held more securely than it otherwise would be.

One special advantage of the present invention is that it can be adaptedto the present brackets and holders now in use so that it is unnecessaryfor the railroads to discard any present equipment, or to purchaseentirely new parts in order to adopt the invention.

This is of considerable importance as the availability and commercialvalue of an invention often depends on the economy with which it can beadopted. The sleeve is notched at 7 a to receive the shank.

What I claim is 1. A device of the kind described comprising a slottedbracket and a notched flag stick, of a holder comprising a sleevemounted vertically and adapted to receive the bracket or the stick, saidsleeve having a pin receiving openin in one wall, a second sleevethreaded into the opposite wall of the first mentioned sleeve, a headedpin working through the last mentioned sleeve and having a collarworking in said sleeve, and a'spring arranged in the second mentionedsleeve and bearing on said collar, said pin being adapted to passthrough either the slot of the bracket or the notch of the stick, as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. A holder of the kind described comprising a flat plate having achannel formed vertically thereon and a sleeve carried by the lowerportion of the plate and communieating with the chahnel, said sleevebeing adapted to receive a suitable light or signal support, one side ofsaid sleeve adjacent the channel being perforated, and the opposite sidehaving a threaded opening, a, second sleeve threaded into said opemngand in alinement with the perforation, a spring in the last mentionedsleeve, and a pin working throu%h the last mentioned sleeve andtransverse and pressed by said spring into said perfora-tlon, as and forthe purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SYLVESTER L. J OIN ER.

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